Baylor
mourns
loss of
student
KALYN STORY
Staff Writer
Fergus Falls, Minn., sophomore
David Grotberg died Thursday night in a
hit-and-run bicycle accident on Franklin
Avenue.
Grotberg was a University Scholar,
a member of the Honors Residential
College community and a participant
in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core. He
played trumpet in the Baylor Golden
Wave Marching Band, served as
president of the Ballroom Dance Society
and was involved in Alliance Bible
Church in Waco.
“We
are
devastated by the
news of David’s
passing,”
said
Isaiah
Odajima,
D.M.A., associate
professor
and
associate director
of bands in the
School of Music,
in an press release.
Grotberg
“David
was
a
bright, shining star
within the Golden Wave Band. He was a
selfless young man, a giver of enormous
positivity and energy. He was a servant
leader within our band family. He loved
the band, he loved Baylor, and above
all else, he loved the Lord. He will be
dearly missed.”
Sgt.
W.
Patrick
Swanton,
spokesperson
for
Waco
Police

MOURNS >> Page 4

Associated Press

VIRTUAL NIGHTMARE In this Sept. 27 photo released by Universal Orlando, an unidentified woman, left, experiences the new immersive
interactive experience, “The Repository,” at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla. The Baylor film and digital media department is exploring
the opportunities to use this technology in the future.

Exploring virtual reality
Baylor film and digital media studies new technology
KELSEA WILLENBROCK
Reporter
Until recently, virtual reality technology
was just a “what if” question. Baylor University
graduate students and professors are exploring
“what if” possibilities with different virtual
reality technologies and are researching their
potential applications.
Baylor’s film and digital media department,
along with the computer science department,
has created a major where students explore
how virtual reality video games change the
gaming experience.

“We combine the strengths of faculty in
both departments to produce some really
excellent future game designers,” said Dan
Shafer, associate professor in the department
of film and digital media.
The major, called game development,
focuses on learning about the software
that goes into gaming and the technology
associated with it. Students coming out of this
major acquire knowledge in both areas.
“My experience is that students in
computer science who have some media
background go out of school and start at higher

salaries than their peers,” said Dr. Michael
Korpi, a professor in the film and digital media
department.
In addition to the partnership with the
computer science department, graduate
students studying film and digital media have
the opportunity to interact with the virtual
reality technology and software as they learn
how it works.
“We are always looking for what the next
technology changes are going to be,” Korpi
said.

VIRTUAL >> Page 4

Central Texas Food Bank receives funding
MEGAN RULE
Staff Writer

Lariat File Photo

FOOD PANTRY Ross resident Lois Anderson helps distribute food at the
Shepherd’s Heart Pantry in Waco on Sept. 26, 2013. Shepherd’s Heart will
be one of several organizations in McLennan County to receive support
from a new grant given to Central Texas Food Bank.

>>WHAT’S INSIDE
opinion
Lifetime Fitness classes
take up more time than
they’re worth. pg. 2

arts & life
Silobration took place
this weekend to celebrate
the anniversary of the
Magnolia Market. pg. 5

The Central Texas Food Bank
received a $15,907 investment
from the Caterpillar Foundation, a
philanthropic organization. These
funds will be used to provide food
to individuals facing hunger in
McLennan County.
“Hunger is an issue in every
community,” said Hank Perret,
president and CEO of the Central
Texas Food Bank. “We are thankful
to the Caterpillar Foundation for its
commitment to fighting hunger and
supporting children and families in
need in McLennan County.”
The Central Texas Food Bank
provides food and groceries to almost
46,000 people each week with the

help of nearly 300 partner agencies,
according to an information sheet
from the food bank.
This grant will provide more than
63,000 meals, Perret said. The Central
Texas Food Bank serves 21 counties
in Central Texas and is based in
Austin.
“Central Texans face impossible
choices and make painful sacrifices
that prevent them from accessing
healthy, nutritious food,” said a fact
sheet from the Central Food Bank of
Texas. “As a result, many turn to the
food bank for help in emergencies or
as part of their regular meal planning.”
Mark Jackson, chief development
officer of the Central Texas Food
Bank, has been working toward
nourishing hungry people for more
than six years. Jackson said the

Central Texas Food Bank submitted a
proposal to the Caterpillar Foundation
about how the funds would be used.
The Caterpillar Foundation, as a part
of Feeding America, provides grants
to food banks across the country, and
the Central Texas Food Bank was
one of the organizations to receive
funding.
“This is a really important
relationship for us because we are
located physically in Austin, but
we are the food bank for McLennan
country and the other 20 counties in
Central Texas,” Jackson said. “We
certainly struggle with awareness in
McLennan County.”
The Caterpillar Foundation is
the philanthropic foundation of

FOOD BANK >> Page 4

Baylor appoints chief compliance officer
RAE JEFFERSON
News Editor
Baylor named Doug Welch as the
university’s chief compliance officer
on Friday morning.
Since 2006, Welch has served as
associate general counsel at Baylor.
Now, as chief compliance officer,
Welch will report to the office of the
president and ensure the university
adheres to federal law and university
policies. This position was one of 105
recommendations made by Pepper
Hamilton following its investigation
of Baylor’s mishandlings of sexual
assault cases.
“I am honored to accept the role of
chief compliance officer and humbled

by the trust the senior administration
has placed in me,” Welch said in a
statement from the university. “I look
forward to this
new challenge,
which will allow
me to continue
fostering
solid working
relationships
already in place
across campus,
as
well
as
building
new
Welch
ones in the effort
to carry out the university’s mission.”
Welch will focus on forming a
compliance center to help Baylor
continue its work in research,

athletics,
Equal
Employment
Opportunity, Title IX and Clery
compliance, according to the
statement. He will also lead
compliance training for faculty, staff
and students at Baylor.
“Doug Welch is a highly qualified
attorney with an expertise in the areas
of compliance and higher education,”
said Baylor Interim President David
E. Garland in the statement. “His
leadership will enable the university
to continue to make rapid progress
on the recommendations and foster a
culture of compliance throughout the
university.”
The role of chief compliance
officer was created following the
conclusion of the independent Pepper

If you look on the Major
Academic Planner (MAP) for
a B.A. in journalism, it lists of
four required courses under
the category of lifetime fitness.
According to Baylor University’s
department of Health, Human
Performance and Recreation, “The
purpose of the Division of Lifetime
Fitness for non-major students
is to provide health education,
physical fitness education, and
recreation education activities
that will provide mental, physical,
social, and leisure time preparation
for lifetime fitness for all students.”
However, while lifetime fitness
is meant to be an outlet for students
to de-stress and take some time to
focus on being healthy, for most of
us it just adds unnecessary stress
to an already hectic schedule.
First, it takes up several
schedule blocks that students
may need to complete their major
in a reasonable amount of time.
Four classes of lifetime fitness
spread out over eight semesters
may seem fairly reasonable, but
let’s look at the math. The average
bachelor of arts major must take a minimum of
124 credit hours, which adds up to roughly 40
general education and major specific classes,
not counting the lifetime fitness courses.
While this may seem like a reasonable number,
many students also carry a minor, or are in an
advanced or intensive track for their major.
Adding extra classes into our schedule, ones
that are not immediately connected to our

degree plan, seems like an added burden.
If lifetime fitnesses were purely based off of
class attendance and participation, perhaps it
would not be so intrusive to students’ schedules.
However, many lifetime fitnesses are not
focused on mental, physical or social relaxation
for students because the classes themselves have
required assignments, lectures and even tests.
For a pre-med student who is already spending
hours studying for biology, organic chemistry

student is a double major, many times
they are still required to take the
courses, even though they are taking
just as many classes (if not more) than
BIC students. Allowing for alternative
courses that align with the majors to
replace lifetime fitness credits would
be a viable alternative for students on
a time crunch.
Not only that, but many students
are involved in club sports or
athletics, and they are still required
to take lifetime fitnesses. Students on
the Baylor Crew team wake up at 5
a.m. and practice for two hours. This
doesn’t include the time they spend
competing, which can last for up to
two days. Students who are staying
this active shouldn’t be required
to take extra classes just to fulfill a
requirement.
Baylor is full of active, involved
and committed students. Requiring
them to take lifetime fitnesses purely
because it is supposed to encourage
healthy lifestyles seems like a good
idea, but it can end up doing more
Joshua Kim | Cartoonist
harm than good for students who
are trying to graduate with difficult
and time-intensive degrees. Offering
and anatomy, taking valuable time to study for
alternative
credit hours to students who need
a relaxation test seems utterly ridiculous. These
superfluous tests not only waste students’ time, the time for their majors, or accepting club
but they can also impact students’ transcripts sports as fulfillment of the standard, would
negatively if they do not do well. If Baylor allow students to de-stress and actually enjoy
wants to keep lifetime fitnesses as a part of their their activities.
For students that find lifetime fitnesses useful,
basic course load, at least take out required
continue
to encourage their participation, but
examinations.
For some programs such as BIC, students get don’t deny others the ability to make our four
credits for lifetime fitness courses. However, if a years as productive as possible.

COLUMN

COLUMN

Perfectionism isn’t all that

Trump tape isn’t surprising

KARYN SIMPSON
Copy Desk Chief
I’ve never been
one to take the easy
way out. Give me the
black diamond slopes,
the late-night shifts
that bleed into early
morning alarms and
the questions with
no simple answers. I
thrive on challenges,
high
expectations
and the pursuit of goals, and I’ve shaped
my mind around a Latin word I stumbled
across in high school and haven’t forgotten
since: meliora — ever better.
Like the adage that reads, “Shoot for the
moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among
the stars,” I shoot for perfection in hopes of
landing somewhere between the thresholds
of “good” and “great.” No breaks are allowed
in my pursuit. No backwards steps. No
grace.
And I know I’m not the only one.
This goal of perfection is a carrot on a
string before the noses of so many college
students, enticing us to keep running,
stumbling, clawing our way forward. With
every minor success, we tell ourselves
we are almost there, that we are nearing
the finish line, that perfection is just a
heartbeat, a step, a breath away. We see
perfection as the route to the life we hope to
one day have, and we equate contentment
with settling for less than the best. We
tell ourselves we’d be bored without this
constant trek, and maybe that’s true, but I
refuse to believe that life is nothing more
than an insatiable discontentment with our
present circumstances, our present selves.
For so long, I have regarded
perfectionism as both a lifestyle and a
pathway. Only by aiming for perfection
can I achieve my true goals, whatever they

may be (read: pathway), and I can’t very
well trek towards perfection if I don’t at
least attempt to perfect all aspects of my
life (read: lifestyle). The problem with this
view? Perfectionism isn’t a way of life, it’s a
way of avoiding life.
Perfectionism allows us to be singular
in our mindsets, but it also isolates us
in our minds. It gives us the willpower
to push forward despite the setbacks, to
face challenges head on and with fists
raised, to continue placing one foot in
front of the other towards our goals,
but it simultaneously blinds us to our
successes, allowing us to only see our
failures and where we could possibly
improve. The Merriam-Webster dictionary
defines perfectionism as “a disposition
to regard anything short of perfection as
unacceptable.” This disposition helps us
hold ourselves accountable to our goals and
aspirations but also keeps us from ever truly
being good enough.
In simpler terms: perfectionism is a lens
through which we can see only how far we
have to go and not how far we’ve come.
It’s the coattails of a shadow, tempting us
forward just to dance out of our grasp again
and again. It’s smoke, visible only long
enough to keep us chasing after it.
Please don’t misunderstand me: I am
not saying not to set goals. We are students,
and accomplishing goals — both large and
small — is how we progress through college
and into adult life. So by all means, aim for
the moon and land among the stars, but
don’t allow the constant, looming desire
to be ever better overshadow what matters
most in the present. We deserve an inch of
slack. We deserve a breath and the chance
to admire how far we’ve come. We deserve
grace. Perfection is a myth, and wasting
our lives in its pursuit will only leave us
exhausted long before the end.
Karyn Simpson is a senior journalism
and environmental studies major from Fair
Oaks Ranch.

GAVIN PUGH
Digital Managing Editor
I
wanted
to
be shocked to read
Donald Trump’s lewd
comments from 2005
when they were leaked
on Friday. I wanted
to be horrified to find
that the Republican
presidential nominee
would speak about
groping women and
kissing them without their consent in such
a coarse, degrading way. However, this is
the type of behavior I’ve come to expect
from Trump ever since he announced his
campaign last summer, and I am certain I
am not alone in this sentiment.
His words prove his misogyny, like
when he suggested in graphic detail that
Megan Kelly was menstruating during the
first GOP debate. His words also prove his
unprofessionalism, like when he repeatedly
interrupted Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton in both presidential debates. His
words prove he lacks a filter, like when he
said he could “stand in the middle of Fifth
Avenue and shoot somebody” and still not
lose voters.
Trump has repeatedly referred to the
leaked tape as “locker room banter.” This
statement is accurate; I can only imagine
those types of conversations being had in
a locker room of teenage boys – clamoring
to impress each other with their vulgarity.
He said it was a conversation had in private,
and that it doesn’t reflect upon his character.
Yet aren’t those conversations held behind
closed doors the ones where we truly reveal
ourselves? He said Bill Clinton has said
worse to him before. This is hardly a defense,
as Clinton’s lewdness made him go down
in infamy and proves that the population
doesn’t condone such behavior.

“It is clear Trump’s lack
of character is deeply
rooted, and it is made
clearer by the leaked
tape.”
Trump’s belittling and bullying
stretches back as far as he has been in
the public spotlight. He called former
Miss Universe Alicia Machado “Miss
Housekeeping” and “Miss Piggy” in the
’90s and has since defended his slurs. He
mocked the appearance of Serge Kovaleski,
a disabled reporter for the New York Times.
He brushed off Sen. John McCain’s time as a
prisoner of war, where he was tortured.
It is clear Trump’s lack of character is
deeply rooted, and it is made clearer by the
leaked tape. What Trump said about how
he treats women describes sexual assault.
Despite Trump’s excuses, sexual assault and
his degrading comments about women are
nothing to joke about. Such words don’t
belong in the locker room. Such words don’t
belong on the golf course. And such words
certainly don’t belong in the Oval Office.
Judging from the electorate’s reaction
to Trump’s previous behavior, those who
have decided to vote for him probably won’t
change their mind after reading about the
leaked tape. But those who don’t intend to
vote, I urge you to reconsider. You don’t
have to vote for Clinton, as there are still
third party candidates. You can also write in
a name if you don’t like any of those options.
Don’t think of it as throwing away your vote,
but think of it as a statement that you don’t
condone such mistreatment of women.
It’s time to move away from a culture of
violence and gender inequality – one that
Baylor and universities across the nation are
too familiar with.
Gavin Pugh is a senior journalism major
from Coppell.

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News

3

California,
Texas failed
to report all
shootings
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Associated Press

LOCKER ROOM LANGUAGE Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on Monday in
Ambridge, Pa. After a video of Trump making predatory sexual comments surfaced, many GOP leaders are withdrawing their
support.

Ryan withdraws
support for Trump
JULIE PACE,
ERICA WERNER
AND STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — House Speaker
Paul Ryan, the nation’s top elected
Republican, effectively abandoned
Donald Trump on Monday, telling
anxious fellow lawmakers he will not
campaign for or defend the floundering
businessman in the election’s closing
weeks. Pro-Trump members rebelled in
anger, accusing Ryan of conceding the
election to Hillary Clinton.
Indeed, Ryan said he would devote
his energy to ensuring Clinton doesn’t
get a “blank check” as president with
a Democratic-controlled Congress,
according to people on his private
conference call with GOP House

members. While the Wisconsin
Republican did not formally rescind his
own tepid endorsement of Trump, he
told lawmakers they were free to do just
that and fight for their own re-election.
Trump fired back on Twitter, saying
Ryan “should spend more time on
balancing the budget, jobs and illegal
immigration and not waste his time on
fighting Republican nominee.”
Trump retained the backing of the
Republican National Committee, which
has overseen crucial field efforts for the
candidate in battleground states. On
a conference call with RNC members,
chairman Reince Priebus said the party
remains in complete coordination with
Trump.
“Everything is on course,” Priebus
said, according to a participant in the
call.
Still,
Ryan’s
announcement

underscored the perilous predicament
Republicans find themselves in one
month from Election Day. Recent
revelations of Trump’s predatory sexual
comments about women deepened
the worries among GOP officials who
fear he’ll drag down their own electoral
prospects in November. But others look
at Trump’s loyal bands of supporters and
see no way for Republicans in other races
to win without their support.
Trump himself made no reference
to Ryan and the GOP defections at
a Pennsylvania rally, except perhaps
one line that could apply to fleeing
Republicans as well as the Democrats.
“The last 72 hours has framed what
this election is all about. It’s about the
American people fighting back against
corrupt politicians who don’t care about
anything except for staying in power,” he
said.

HOUSTON — Hundreds of police departments in Texas
and California failed to report officer-involved shooting
deaths as required by law in the past decade, a recent study
found.
Research by Texas State University in San Marcos found
registries created by the two states to report all in-custody
deaths did not list about 220 use-of-force fatalities in Texas
and 440 in California from 2005-2015, the Houston Chronicle
reported Monday.
The Texas and California attorney general’s offices and
police officials in both states confirmed to the newspaper that
many cases were missing.
“We’re not really blaming anyone — this is an incredibly
complex problem,” said Howard Williams, one of the Texas
State University professors who conducted the study. But he
said it’s hard to change policy, improve training or purchase
new equipment “when you simply lack the data to even know
what’s going on.”
Texas and California are the only states to require
reporting of all in-custody deaths, including jail deaths and
officer-involved shootings, according to the newspaper.
In each state, the attorney general’s office collect reports.
Failing to report a death at the hands of a police officer is a
misdemeanor in Texas; there is no penalty in California.
Brenda Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for the California
Attorney General’s Office, said in an email that her office
already has been asking police agencies to file missing reports
but added California’s custodial death reporting law has “no
explicit enforcement mechanism.”
In addition to requiring reports on use-of-force and incustody deaths, both California and Texas also recently
passed new laws requiring departments to report all shooting
incidents, whether those shot survive or die. In Texas, the
new police shooting law took effect in 2015 and the attorney
general’s office has contacted all departments and tried to
boost compliance with both laws, said Kayleigh Lovvorn,
an office spokeswoman. But enforcement falls to individual
district attorney’s offices.
The Houston Police Department had the most unreported
cases of any Texas department, with 16 fatalities missing
from its custodial death registry. The Los Angeles County
Sheriff ’s Department and the Fresno Police Department
failed to report the most officer-involved shooting deaths in
California.

,
It s on Us: Live on the Lawn
Join us for live music, food trucks
and games. The first 100 students
will receive a free Pokey-O's ice
cream sandwich!
OCT.

Dr. Corey Carbonara,
professor of film and digital
media and senior research
fellow, works with the
students and the various
virtual reality technologies
that the department has
available.
“We
have
some
experiences where you
can go to a real roller
coaster and put that [virtual
reality] experience on and
experience it yourself,”
Carbonara said. “You have
this added dimension where
you feel all the timing
of what you are moving
through, and it will bring
you into another world, so
that’s an interesting mixed
reality.”
While
students
are
intrigued by the technology
and the potential it has to
affect daily life, Shafer is not
sure it will affect much more
than gaming in the long run.
The
virtual
reality
research that Carbonara and
Shafer work on has also
had an influence beyond
Baylor’s campus. Other
professors at the university,
including Korpi, take the
research and share it with
technology, gaming and film
companies across the nation.
While
studying
at
Baylor,
students
have
the opportunity to work
with professionals and
innovative technology that
will help them in their own
professional careers.
“The new frontier is
really exciting, but we’re
really
excited
about
the fact that there is an
acknowledgement from the
industry that we actually
are a place of research that
they want to partner with,”
Carbonara said.

MOURNS
from Page 1

Department, said Friday that
investigators are looking
for the vehicle that struck
Grotberg, but have made no
arrests.
As of press time Monday,
Waco police had not
responded to a call inquiring
updates on the case.
Police were sent around
10 p.m. Thursday to the 3100
block of Franklin Avenue
after a caller reported that a
vehicle struck a bicycle.
According to KWTX,
investigators learned that
Grotberg had been riding
his bicycle eastbound along
Franklin with his girlfriend
when he was struck by a
vehicle.
“Witnesses told officers
that a white vehicle was
traveling at a high rate of
speed eastbound and struck
the male on his bike causing
fatal injuries,” KWTX
quoted Swanton saying in an
early Friday morning press
release.
Swanton said the vehicle
never stopped and continued
eastbound
on
Franklin
Avenue.
The Waco TribuneHerald reported that shortly
after 10 p.m., Grotberg
was taken to Baylor Scott
& White Hillcrest Medical
Center, where he was
pronounced dead.
“We mourn this profound
loss,” Baylor University
Golden
Wave
Band’s
Facebook
page
posted
Friday afternoon. “We offer
our prayers to his family
and friends and we ask for
your thoughts and prayers
as we proceed through this
difficult time. David, we
love you and we will miss
you dearly.”
The Honors Residential
College held a gathering
for support and prayer for
fellow students, faculty and
staff who knew Grotberg at 4
p.m. Friday in the Alexander
Reading Room.

News

Minor Accident Near Campus

Liesje Powers| Photo Editor

WACO WRECK A car accident on Third Street and Dutton Avenue around 3:10 p.m. left one woman injured and the intersection closed for a short
period of time. A Baylor student was turning left off of Third Street onto Dutton Avenue when he hit a vehicle that was traveling northeast on Dutton
Avenue. The woman sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle that was struck was taken to a hospital in an ambulance. No one else was injured.

School of Social Work to host preview day
TALIYAH CLARK
Reporter
Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School
of Social Work will hold its annual
Master’s Preview Day for prospective
students at 10 a.m. Oct. 28 at its
building in downtown Waco.
This year, students will tour
the social work building as well
as downtown Waco. Prospective
students will also participate in
three breakout sessions that include
presentations from current master’s
of social work students, information
about the advanced placement track
and a mock classroom experience
with faculty, said Dr. Crystal DiazEspinoza, director of enrollment
and alumni services for the Diana R.
Garland School of Social Work.
Diaz-Espinoza said preview day is
open to everyone.
“A student can major in any field
and apply,” Diaz-Espinoza said. “What
we’re looking for in [prospective
students] is an understanding about
what social work is and a commitment
to learning about the field.”
Plano resident Lizzie Davis, dual
master of social work and master of
divinity graduate student, said her
experience in the School of Social
Work has been phenomenal.
“I have really enjoyed my [class
of students] and diving deep into hard
conversations on things like race,

Liesje Powers | Photo Editor

SOCIAL EVENT The Master’s Preview Day will take place at 10 a.m. Oct. 28 at the Diana R. Garland School of Social
Work building in downtown Waco.

gender and globalization and other
topics that influence the community
that we work with,” Davis said.
Fort Worth resident Zeke Morgan,
who is getting his dual master’s degree
in business administration and social
work, chose the social work program
because he is passionate about real
estate development in the inner city.

“The dual program was perfect
for me because I really care about
real estate development, especially
in downtown areas, and this program
allows me to get the economic and
relational skills I need to work in
downtown development,” Morgan
said.
Diaz-Espinoza
encourages

students who are interested in the
master’s program to apply by Feb. 1.
Students who apply by this
deadline are automatically eligible
for a graduate assistantship and are
also eligible for the program’s most
competitive financial aid packages.

FOOD BANK from Page 1
construction
company,
Caterpillar Inc., and was
created to make a positive
impact in local communities.
The grant will only be used in
McLennan County. Jackson
said gifts like these have a
huge impact on the food bank,
and he and his organization
are grateful for the Caterpillar
Foundation.
“The
Caterpillar
Foundation is committed to

alleviating poverty in the
communities in which we
live and work,” said Michele
Sullivan, president of the
Caterpillar Foundation. “We
are proud to partner with the
Central Texas Food Bank
to support our neighbors in
McLennan County who may
not know where their next
meal will come from.”
The grant that the Central
Texas Food Bank received is

specific to the mobile pantry
program, where the food bank
directly distributes to the
clients themselves. This fills
in the gaps that the partner
agencies are unable to cover.
The food distribution is set
up in a parking lot and is an
essential program for the food
bank because it is a way for
them to make sure that they
can do more and make sure to
get food on the table if there

are areas that aren’t receiving
food.
Moving forward, the
Central Texas Food Bank
is looking to have more
awareness events, but the
geographic divide between
Austin
and
McLennan
County makes this difficult.
However,
according
to
Jackson, the food bank wants
the McLennan community to
know that it is committed to

working to ensure everyone
in Central Texas has enough
food on the table.
“One of our organizational
goals is to increase awareness
and increase support from
McLennan County, so a
gift of this size for that area
means so much to us and
allows us to draw attention
to the great work we’re doing
there,” Jackson said.

CHRISTINA SOTO
Broadcast Reporter
Magnolia hosted its second annual
“Silobration”
Thursday
through
Saturday. The weekend was full of fun
family events including lawn games,
street vendors and food trucks.
The vendor fair served as a way for
local businesses in Waco to promote
their stores, sell their products and tell
their stories. The businesses ranged
from antique shops to boutiques and
arts shops.
Among the vendors was the pottery
store Black Oak Art. One of their
potters, Chad Pessarra, made cups and
vases at the event. Pessarra considers
pottery a passion rather than work.
“I met art, and it kind of changed
my life from then,” Pessarra said. “I
played football in high school. I messed
up my hands really bad. I started doing
art … and I actually got a lot of feeling
back in my fingers … I really saw this
as an avenue for a lot of people.”
The Silobration not only united
several local Waco businesses, but
also attracted people from across the
country. Chip and Joanna Gaines build
their fans from their show on HGTV,
Fixer Upper. Attendees traveled from
Wisconsin, California and many other
states.
“We came last year in the pouring
rain when they first opened, but it
was so much fun,” Cedarburg, Wis.,
resident Trena Bloomquist said. “My
husband and I and my daughter are
just very big fans of the show. We love
it ... and that’s why we came.”
Chip and Joanna Gaines began
the Silobration with trivia games

LET’S SILOBRATE (Left) The winner of the game show poses on his prize motorcycle with the donors and Chip and
Joanna. (Right) Lead singers of Johnnyswim perform Friday at the Silobration. The concert was sold out online, which
was illustrated through the big crowd at the Silos as Wacoans and people from out of town joined to celebrate.

and an eating contest. Only die-hard
Fixer Upper fans knew the answers
to questions like, “What is the name
of our dog?” The winner left with a
Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
The couple then shared their story
and mission. They said it was not easy
to get to where they are today. Chip
shared their goal for Magnolia: for it to
be a place where families can come to
have fun and relax.
“The tough moments are what
makes us who were are. Fight through
them. There is something on the other

side, there is hope just around the
corner. If anyone can relate to that,
keep your head up, You’re going to
make it,” Chip said.
Chip also said that people have
asked if they were going to fix houses
in places other than Waco. He said he
and Joanna made a promise to keep
family first and not let their business
determine their life. Therefore, they
will not be flipping houses throughout
the country, he said.
However, Joanna announced that
they will be releasing a book soon.

“Every time you come back, we
want something new to tie you back.
We want you to feel connected, and we
want you to have fun,” Chip said.

Ben Rector and Jacob Whitesides
performed Saturday at Waco Hall as
a part of Rector’s tour, “The Biggest
Tour I’ve Done So Far.”
Waco Hall was almost full, with
Baylor students and non-Baylor
students alike gathering to see the
headline artist, Ben Rector.
Even before he took the stage,
Rector’s quirky nature and charismatic
style were evident as he tweeted at a
fan from backstage, announcing that
he was busy watching football. That
sort of humor and personality is what
crowds love about Rector.
“He’s just himself up there on
stage, which is really admirable,”
Boerne freshman Mack Vaught said.
Although it’s safe to assume that

most of the crowd was there to see
Rector, Whitesides showed that he
has the legs to make it big in the
music industry by getting the crowd
to react positively to his performance.
Whitesides and his band played
as the openers with fewer than 10
songs, but they still managed to get
the crowd involved by the end of their
set. The crowd was on its feet from
start to finish, and at intermission,
many audience members rushed to
the merchandise table to purchase his
music and shirts.
“I’d never heard of him before,
but I was pleasantly surprised when
I listened to his music, and I really
enjoyed it a lot,” North Little Rock
sophomore Alysha Martinez said.

Whitesides put on a show with
his energetic performance of upbeat
songs that share similar undertones
with Rector’s music. As Whitesides
builds a fan base throughout the
tour, the 18-year-old will grow as an
artist and a performer by seeing how
Rector interacts with crowds.
When Rector took the stage,
the audience responded with the
same energy that they bring when
the Baylor football team scores a
touchdown. The entire room erupted
with applause.
While most big-name performers
can illicit that reaction initially,
few can keep that level of energy
consistent throughout the concert,
and that is precisely what Rector did.
As expected, he played many of
his most popular songs, including his
newest hit song “Brand New,” which

made it as high as 82 on Billboard’s
“The Hot 100” list. The crowd
expected him to play his popular hit,
but it’s what they didn’t expect that
made the concert so fun.
At many points throughout
the show, the multitalented Rector
switched instruments for certain
songs. The most noteworthy change
he made was a cowbell. That’s right,
a cowbell. And if that wasn’t already
strange enough, he was doing so
during a cover of the Jackson 5’s No. 1
hit song from 1970, “ABC.”
Rector goes outside of normal
concert expectations, and that is the
kind of thing that makes people want
to go to one of his performances.
In the middle of a song, Rector
broke into the “Cha-Cha Slide” and
led the entire audience through the
dance, reminding the college students

in the audience of their times in
middle school gym class.
Rector’s charisma set the tone for
the show. Every time he spoke, when
he wasn’t singing, it was to make a
joke or to say something to make the
audience laugh.
“He’s very personable and down to
earth when he talks. You can tell that
he’s very humble, and I think that’s
really cool,” Bartonville sophomore
Courtney Bishop said. “You really feel
like you’re getting to know him as you
listen to his music.”
Rector makes sure his shows are
more than just music by turning
them into experiences. By adding
humor and his trademark personality
to Saturday night’s show, he gave fans
in attendance a memorable night and
another reason to keep coming to his
shows.

OSU marching band pays its respects
MEGHAN MITCHELL
Sports Editor
The Oklahoma State University Marching
Band paid respect Saturday to Baylor Fergus
Falls, Minn. sophomore David Grotberg who
died Thursday after a hit-and-run bicycle
accident.
Although Grotberg, 19, had no direct
ties to Oklahoma State, the Cowboys were
one of several teams who reached out to pay
their respects. Oklahoma University and the
University of Texas also reached out.
“Our band director came into our rehearsal
on Saturday and told us that several different
schools reached out and asked how they could
honor David, and they asked if it would be
OK if they played the Baylor Alma Mater,”
said McKinney senior and Golden Wave band
member Brianna Taeuber. “He was crying as
he told us. I think it warmed everyone’s heart
to know that the greater band community is
reaching out and showing their respect for what
happened even though we go through different
schools.”
On Sept. 24, the Bears hosted the Cowboys,
and although the Bears took the football game
35-24, the Cowboys’ band said on its Facebook
page that they were grateful for the way the
Golden Wave Band treated them and hearts
ached for the Baylor community when they
heard of Grotberg death.
“The Cowboy Marching Band is deeply
saddened at the loss of David Grotberg, a
trumpet player in the Baylor Golden Wave Band.
Our hearts go out to his family, as well as our
friends in the Golden Wave Band. They treated
our band so wonderfully when we were in Waco
a couple of weeks ago, and our CMB [Cowboy
Marching Band] members had the opportunity
to socialize with Golden Wave Band members
during our combined meal time,” Cowboy’s
marching band wrote on Facebook.
Grotberg was a University Scholar, and
trumpet player in the Baylor University Golden
Wave Band.
In the wake of Grotberg’s death, the Cowboy
Marching Band paid its respects during its game
day rehearsal Saturday by learning to play the

Courtesy of Oklahoma State University Cowboy Marching Band

MUSIC HAS NO BOUNDARIES The Oklahoma State University Marching Band’s trumpet section wears green and gold bandanas Saturday in OSU’s
home game against Iowa State to honor late Baylor Golden Wave Band member David Grotberg who passed away Thursday in a hit-and-run accident
while riding his bicycle.

Baylor Alma Mater, “That Good Old Baylor
Line.” The Cowboy Marching Band trumpet
section also wore green and gold bandanas
throughout the game against Iowa State.
David’s father, Clark Grotberg, spoke on
his family’s behalf of his appreciation toward
Oklahoma State’s gestures.
“You have touched us deeply. We are so
humbled by the love and support shown by

so many,” Clark Grotberg wrote on Facebook.
“David Grotberg’s favorite color is orange even
though he wore green and gold with fierce pride.
You have showed him great honor in a way that
is truly ‘David.’ Thank you so much!”
Although David is no longer here, Taeuber
said he will forever be remembered in the
Golden Wave Marching Band.
“We are certainly not going to be forgetting

him anytime soon. Even though I didn’t
personally know him, you couldn’t miss him
because of that big smile he always had on his
face,” Taeuber said. “We are a family. His death
has affected all of us, and we are going to have to
get through it the way we always get through it–
together. We are going to have to move on the
way he would want us to– by never giving up.”